Clothes-line puller.



J. G. SCHWARTZ.

CLOTHES LINE PULLERP APPLICATION FILED JUNE I3. 19H.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2%, 1129118.

Application filed June 13, 1917. Serial No. 174,529.

To all whom it may concern:

v in a clothes line puller and has for one of its objects the provisionof a device of this char acter, capable of use for pulling clothes line,telephone and telegraph lines or any other lines that are desired tobepulled or s retched.

Another object of this invention is to provide a head slidable on theline and having means which is adapted to cotiperate with the head togrip the line.

A further object of this invention is to provide a handle pivoted to thehead and having a gripping member adapted to bind the line against thehead when the handle is moved laterally of the head. 7

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a clothesline puller of the above stated character, which shall be simple,durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at acomparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes' line puller constructed. inaccordance'with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, illustrating the pivotalconnection between the head and handle, and

Fig. 4 is a top dplan view of the device.

Referring in eta1l to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates asubstantially arcuate shape head, which is provided upon its inner facewith a. straight medial portion 2, having its ends 3 angularly relatedthereto. The ends 3 are provided with openings 1, the walls of which arecurved as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The openings 4 are adapted to receivealine 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A handle 6 has secured thereto, a shank 7, which is bifurcated. to forma pair of relatively spaced arms 8, which are apertured to receive a setscrew 9. The set screw 9 extends through an aperture in the head 1 andreceives an adjustlng nut 10, whereby the handle is pivotally connectedto the head.

A gripping member 11 is pivoted between the arms 8 by pins 12 andprovided with a semi-circular groove 13, the wall of which is serrated,as at 14c. The serrations 14: are rounded to prevent them from bitinginto or injuring the line 5. 4

In operation, the head 1 is applied to the line 5 as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, and by swinging the handle 6 laterally of the head asillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the gripping member 11 engagesthe line 5 and binds the same against the head 1, preventing the headfrom slipping upon the line so that when pull is exerted upon the handle6, the line is compelled to move therewith.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what T claim is:

1 1. A line puller comprising a substantially arcuate shape head havingopenings adjacent, each end to receive the line. a handle pivoted tosaid head, and gripping means carried by the handle and adapted tocotiperate with the head in clamping the line when the handle is movedlaterally in the head.

2. A line puller comprising a substantially arcuate shape head havingapertures adjacent each end, said head having a straight medial innerface, a bifurcated shank pivoted to said'head, a handle secured to saidshank, and a gripping member pivoted to the shank and'adapted to forcethe line into engagement with the straight face did ice

of the head when said handle is swung laterally of the head.

3. A clothes line puller comprising an elongated head having angularends and provided With a straight inner face to said head,' said endshaving apertures to receive a line so as to dispose a portion thereofagainst the straight face of said head, a handle pivoted to the head,and a gripping JOHN G. SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:

PETER WAGNER, JOHN GEORGE URsTADT.

